A comprehensive big-game hunting guide for hunters including first-time novices to seasoned experts, using more than 400 full-color photographs, including work by renowned outdoor photographer John Hafner

Steven Rinella were raised in a hunting family and it has been pursuing wild game his entire life. In this first-ever complete help guide to hunting—from hunting a cat to butchering and cooking it—the host with the popular hunting show MeatEater shares his personal expertise around, and imparts strategies and tactics from many in the most experienced hunters in the United States likewise.

This invaluable book includes
• tips on what equipment you may need—and you skill without—from clothing to cutlery to camping gear to weapons
• basic and advanced hunting strategies, including spot-and-stalk hunting, ambush hunting, still hunting, drive hunting, and backpack hunting
• tips on how to effectively use decoys and calling for big game
• the best way to find hunting locations, on both public and private land, and how you can locate areas that other hunters aren’t using
• how and when to scout hunting locations for max effectiveness
• basic info on procuring hunting tags, including limited-entry “draw” tags
• a species-by-species description of fourteen big-game animals, off their mating rituals and preferred habitats for the best hunting techniques—both firearm and archery—for each species
• the way to plan and pack for backcountry hunts
• instructions on the best way to break down any big-game animal and transport it from a hunting site
• the best way to butcher your individual big-game animals and select the right cuts for sausages, roasts, and steaks, and how you can utilize underappreciated cuts for example ribs and shanks
• using them and recipes, for both outdoor and indoor preparation of wild game